AZelda: Tears of the Kingdomplayer has ripped some 3D models from the game to show what several characters look like without cel-shading. Gamers have been able to see what past characters looked like without cel-shading, and it didn’t take long for thisZelda: Tears of the Kingdomfan to explore the latest ones without the iconic art style.
WhenZelda: Tears of the Kingdomwas released, it wasn’t the first title in the series to feature the cel-shading art style asWind Wakerintroduced cel-shading toThe Legend of Zeldafranchise in 2002. The bright colors ofWind Wakerhave fallen way to a more pastel aesthetic featured inTears of the Kingdomand its predecessor. WhileZelda: Tears of the Kingdom’s Hyruleand its inhabitants have a wider color pallet to draw from in their cel-shading, this fan has removed the art style to reveal the base look of many key characters.
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Reddit user Bad-news-co recently shared several images of differentZelda: Tears of the Kingdomcharacters t-posing without their cel-shaded coating. The screenshots focus onZelda: Tears of the Kingdom’s Purah, a bald Link, Queen Sonia, Rauru, a Goron, Paya, Tulin, Teba, the Great Fairy, Ganondorf, Riju, a Gerudo, and two forms of Princess Zelda. Most of theseZelda: Tears of the KingdomNPCs play a crucial role in the Switch game’s plot.
EachZelda: Tears of the Kingdomcharacteris changed just by removing the cel-shading, with their designs less life-like and their eyes being just white or black in some cases. Although most of them are still identifiable with what they look like inZelda: Tears of the Kingdom, the Gerudo and Great Fairy look distinctly unique from how they’re represented in the open-world game. The Gerudo’s abs are not directly on the character model but are actually part of the cel-shading, while the Great Fairy has a mermaid-like tail to her rather than legs. Among the least altered characters with the removal ofTears of the Kingdom’s cel-shading are Tulin, Teba, and Rauru because of the attention to detail in their base models.
Though most of the responses to Bad-news-co prefer how theZelda: Tears of the Kingdomcharacters look with the cel-shading art style, others praised their aesthetic without it. WhileTears of the Kingdomhas gotten modsfor a first-person perspective and randomizing, it’s currently unclear if it will see one that removes cel-shading.
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdomis available now for Nintendo Switch.
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